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Condemned: Criminal Origins is worth picking up if you would like to try a horror game that constantly and consistently makes you feel like you're in the wrong place. The story is pretty whack, but the combat mechanics and atmosphere well make up for it. I haven't really played any games that give me a similar feeling of unease bar Amnesia.

It's a good game but the whole "forensic investigation" thing jars slightly with the modus operandii of 'beat everyone you meet to death with the heaviest object to hand'

Part of you is 'investigating' - but most of you is weighing-up fire axes against lead pipes - slightly odd, I thought...

An excellent way of summing up my (amongst my friends) infamous reticence to play multiplayer games more regularly than once or twice a month. Feels like a chore.

Which is no issue with Cyanide's BB. You can play BB perfectly fine on a match-to-match basis without any kind of schedule. We've even got an excellent community here on RPS, check out the Challenge League thread if you want a match every now and then.

Concerning single player BB: The basic rule-set isn't too complex but implementing an AI that can play at eye level with a human would be a nightmare - which probably is the reason it never happened. No excuse for marketing the game as a single player experience, of course.

I think the thing is - with Steam, AVWW1 and AVWW2 are separate entities in their system. AVWW1 has been removed from sale alone and been replaced with that, which is currently the same price as AVWW1 was.

Given I understand that much, I don't see a problem with it. You're buying licenses for two games (even if one is free with the other) and, as such, there is a bundle of two licenses for sale.

Ask yourself how you KNOW it was down to Steam (Valve) and not Arcen to promote it that way...

Because Arcen have been up front about the entire thing from the beginning, and one need only look at basically anything they've written on the topic to get the situation clarified. That, and because it's not promoted that way in Arcen's store, or any other store on which the game is present.

Because Arcen have been up front about the entire thing from the beginning, and one need only look at basically anything they've written on the topic to get the situation clarified. That, and because it's not promoted that way in Arcen's store, or any other store on which the game is present.

You still don't know that it's purely Steam/Valve who've decided to promote it that way - you're just assuming based on your view of those 2 companies.

I assume once it's released that the games will be separate purchases (or that AVWW1 will be discontinued or whatever) so it's not entirely dishonest anyway (for all we know, the 'free' offer will have a cutoff - perhaps it's even passed?)

Your assumption is simply "I don't like Steam/Valve and so they MUST be the badguys" - you don't KNOW and even if the odds are in your favour, you don't KNOW that.

How is it dishonest? It doesn't claim to be an exclusive offer, the offer text on the AVWW2 page says: "Purchase the original "A Valley Without Wind" on Steam, receive "A Valley Without Wind 2" when it launched in February and immediate access to the ongoing beta!"

I can see the argument that 2 is actually more of just an update to 1, and not a real sequel, hence buying either one getting you the other for free, but that's hardly Steam's fault. They didn't put the '2' on the end, Arcen did.

I assume once it's released that the games will be separate purchases (or that AVWW1 will be discontinued or whatever) so it's not entirely dishonest anyway (for all we know, the 'free' offer will have a cutoff - perhaps it's even passed?)

Nope, AVWW2 will now and forever be free to anyone that buys AVWW1. The only possibility you raise that might actually happen is that AVWW1 might be discontinued at some point in the future.

No, because that's what it is. They aren't listing separate prices and implying some massive discount. Look again at the Steam page, which implies the regular price would be $40 for this package. That's simply not true. We call Gamersgate on this kind of "inflate it then discount it" crap when they pull it, why does Steam get a pass?

The rest of the games all have individual merit,however Vegas 2's final levels are monstrously terrible and the ending has some of the worst of narrative I've ever had the misfortune of experiencing(still a great coop manshoot) .

Avoid Lockdown,Double Agent,Vegas 1/2,Conviction.. On other hand both GRAW are pretty good,never had problems with them,also put allot of time in to GRAW 2 online/coop. On other hand Lockdown is piss on R6 franchise,same with both Vegas games,they play nothing like R6,Double Agent is good game buuut port is awful,then Conviction,decent port bad game.

No, because that's what it is. They aren't listing separate prices and implying some massive discount. Look again at the Steam page, which implies the regular price would be $40 for this package. That's simply not true. We call Gamersgate on this kind of "inflate it then discount it" crap when they pull it, why does Steam get a pass?

That $40 thing is the 4-pack. It's a Steam glitch that happens a lot. Not just there.